The founding emperors of the past dynasties and dynasties are somehow very charismatic people, they may not be perfect, there is no perfect person in the world, but their characteristics in some aspects make it difficult for future generations to reach, throughout history to the founding emperor, in the descendants, almost no one can surpass the ancestors, or reach the achievements of the ancestors.
As the king of a country, it is necessary to have a certain strategic vision, that is, to plan and then move, there is enough planning, and then it begins to be implemented slowly, just like playing chess, it is all one step, at least three steps, and there must be a certain plan for the future, so as to avoid encountering unexpected situations and being overwhelmed.
The founding monarch of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin is one of the best examples, after he ascended the throne as emperor, every step was Xu Xu Tuzhi, not impatient, his first thought was, the stability of the country and the unity of the country, successively pacified Jiangnan Houshu, and did not like some emperors in history, after suddenly becoming emperors, could not control themselves, began to indulge in pleasure.
After quelling the country's civil strife, Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, considered that the loss of national strength was extremely great on many occasions, but instead he first let the people cultivate and recuperate, reduce the number of people, and at the same time began to implement the policy of "right-hand literature and relying on the martial arts." Although with a certain selfishness, it did greatly improve the progress of social civilization and make culture flourish unprecedentedly.
At the same time, the official Feng Lu was reformed, and the official feng of the Song Dynasty was a rare high salary in history, in order to achieve the strategy of raising honesty with the gong, and at the same time to improve the imperial examination, create a temple to try to promote more talents, and in retrospect, the Northern Han Dynasty, which had the support of the Liao state, and wanted to try to retake the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun step by step. In fact, the means used are soft and hard, and while negotiating and wanting to redeem the land with money, the whole army is ready to go and ready for the Northern Expedition at any time.
I have to say that Song Taizu's deeds are very pragmatic, and he also has a long-term strategic vision, once he said: within a hundred years, the people's strength in the world will be destroyed!
Because Although Kaifeng is good, but it is located in the plain area, a horse Pingchuan, although there are millions of forbidden troops guarding, but there is no danger to defend, if the siege consequences are very serious, and the soldiers do not produce. The annual military expenditure is too much for the country, and no matter how strong the army is, time will still make it decay, and the combat effectiveness of the already decayed army can still be counted on?
And Song Taizu did not dare to count on it, so he had the idea of moving the capital, and began to implement it, wanting to make a certain guarantee for the future of the country, but let the civil and military officials obstruct it, and eventually they were stillborn. In itself, Song Taizu was not in a hurry, he was still young and had time, he could have planned slowly, but when he was fifty years old, he suddenly died suddenly one day.
Speaking of this, I have to mention that Zhao Guangyi is this person. Although in history, there is no record of whether Zhao Guangyi used disgraceful means to cause the death of his elder brother Zhao Kuangyin, he did have a motive in this regard, and in his attitude towards his brother's descendants Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang, as well as his brother Zhao Yanmei, and his own brother Zhao Yanmei after he ascended the throne, it can be seen that he was determined to achieve the throne, and for the sake of the stability of the throne, he used cruel means against them.
Although only in the yeshi "Xiangshan Yelu" book, it is believed that Zhao Guangyi is plotting to usurp the throne, but it is still obtained, and many people support this view. Although Zhao Guangyi coveted the throne and wanted to show a grand plan, he was not great in ability, and not long after becoming emperor, he wanted to go north to Youyun Sixteen Prefectures and achieve the feats that Song Taizu had not been able to achieve.
However, it is a pity that the two Northern Expeditions labored and hurt the people and money, but failed to achieve the expected results, although they also developed the strategy of "going from the Middle", but the effect was not ideal, and the experience was insufficient, and during the first Northern Expedition, when besieging Youzhou City, the army was divided into four roads, resulting in the final defeat and loss.
Because of the division of troops, that road was not enough to break through the city gates, and once the Liao reinforcements arrived, the Song army could only rout. Zhao Guangyi could not fight the war, but he also spared his life and prepared a back road early, so he only hit one arrow, and he took a donkey cart to escape the disaster, but he did not accept defeat and launched a second attack, which still failed.
At this time, Zhao Guangyi had no choice, the country really could not afford it, so he said a scene: the enemy of the frontier is only a small matter, not enough to be troubled, and stabilizing the country is the focus!
After that, in the dispute with the Liao state, they were all at a disadvantage, and in the case of war that did not dare to start, they could only exchange the so-called old coins for peace. But spending money to buy peace is not a long-term way, not only is the national strength worse than a year, but also let the Golden State take its place and finally seize the world.
Therefore, Zhao Guangyi is completely inferior to his brother Zhao Kuangyin, and in any way inferior.